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Night Vocabulary 3
Vocabulary from Noval night
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1. bestial: | Like a beast, cruel and savage |
| 2. harangued : | scolded , especially in a noisy and bullying way |
| 3. compulsory : | required, that which must be done |
| 4. implored | begged, pleaded sincerely |
| 5. interminable: | endless or seeming to be endless |
| 6. inconsiderable: | unimportant, small |
| 7. dysentery | intestinal inflammation causing abdominal pain and severe diarrhea; often fatal if left untreated in the very young or old; or in those who are weakened by hunger or other disease |
| 8. annihilate: | destroyed completely; exterminate |
| 9. summarily | promptly and without formality |
| 10. knell | the sound of a bell, especially of a bell rung slowly at a funeral; often used metaphorically to mean a bad omen |
| 11. indeterminate | indefinite vague, subtle |
| 12. stupefied ; | stunned, amazed |
| 13. apathy | lack of interest or emotion, indifference |
| 14. vigilance | : the state of watchfulness, alertness, especially to danger |
| 15. inert | : motionless; lacking the ability to move or act |
| 16. premonition | a feeling that something is about to happen ,especially something bad |
| 17. unremittingly | constantly without interruption |
| 18. appeasing | satisfying ; relieveing |